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, 1887-10-23
Troublesome Medicine Man.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The secretary
of the interior has received a telegram
from Indian Inspector Armstrong, at the
Grow agency in Montana, to the effect
that Medicine Mar aud his seventeen
followers have gone to the Tongue river
agency and are endeavoriEg to induce the
Northern Cheyennes to Join them in re-
sisting the authority OF the government.
, 1887-10-23
Murder and Suicide.

Dies MONIES, Ia, Oct. 22.-This even
ing at Maxwell, Perry Alkers entered the
Office of Mayor j. o. French and shot and
killed him. He then shot [. B. Schmet.
ger, but not fatally, and after pursuing the
others turned and shot himself, dying
Immediately. No cause for the murder is
known.
, 1887-10-23

Receipts Of sheep have been quite large,
but with a good demand previous prices
have been maintained, although buyers
bid lower on westerns. The poorest sheep
sell at about 50. 90 and the best at about
81. 10. Suitable natives are rather scarce.
, 1887-10-23
Killed By a H1ghwayman.

SAN Francisco, Oct. pa masked
hlghwayman halted the stage coach heal
Reding Cal, last night, and when the
stage horses became frightened and
started to run the robber fired. killing a
passenger named T. Henderson, a prom
inent citizen of Adm, Cal. Armed par
ties are out in search of the robber.
, 1887-10-23

Bellwood, in Butler county. Nebraska,
want stock feeders TO use up the immense
surplus of corn and hay. For further
particulars. address J. d. Bell & Co.,
Bellwood. Neb.
, 1887-10-23

Heine, the world renowned %violist, will
give two concerts for the benefit of the
First Congregational Church Thursday
bpa M S[,day eSe A5a a Fl ints wa an e asii :
.pianoist, and Miss Evelyn Heine, violinist
and soprano soloist.
, 1887-10-23

Heine is one of the most fascinating
violinists living as well as one of the most
wonderful musical geniuses.
, 1887-10-23

Cheyenne Transfer company-From
FIVE pounds per day to a carload at a time
Reasonable reductions to large consumers
, 1887-10-23

Walkers VreaU Dry
Goods store makes speciaL
displays this aUeeK ia dress
goods and fine aitIttn
, 1887-10-23

'chives & historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
VETERANS OF BOTH SIDES.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.-The ex-Confederate
reunion at Mexico, Mo-, was attended by a
large number of soldiers yesterday who repre-
sented both sides Of the conflict. About 40,-
900 people gathered in the little cityof 1000,
overAowed its corporate limits, but accepted
of its bountiful hospitality. Agrand parade,
with veterans of the successful side on the
right of the line, societies and militia follow
ing and an army of ''Johnnies" bringing up
in the rear, opened the exercises of the day.
Banners of the President were Haunted to
the breeze on the line of march. In grove
at the north of the city 100 cattle had been
5arbecued, and when the procession broke
ranks the meat was served to the visitors at a
large table convenient to the meat pits. In
the afternoon orations were delivered by
prominent speakers who found words OF
praise for both sides. All the speeches were
temperate.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
The President Sends SIoo to al
Unsuccessful Applicant for
Pension.

WILKEsBARRE, PA, Sept. l5.-G. N. Ryman
enlisted in the Seventy-ninth Regiment when
the war broke out. He served all through the
rebellion, but never received any injuries. AT
Gettysburg he was engaged in the three days
fight. At the close Of the war he returned to
his rome in Luzerne county and accepted a
position in one Of the mines. After he had
saved several hundred dollars he bought a
small strip of land in Sunlock township. This
land he continued to till and improve until
two years ago when he was attacked with in
f1ammatory rheumatism. He applied for
pension, but owing to the fact that he received
no wound in the service the pension depart
ment failed to pass favorably on his claim.
Ryan swore that the rheumatism was con-
tracted while serving as soldier.
All efforts failed 10 secure a pension, the old
veteran, wrote to the president ex planning the
situation. In response the president wrote a
brief letter, expressing sympathy with the
veteran and regretting very much that the way
was not open for him to receive a pension.
Enclosed in the letter was check for sl0O.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
PENSION POINTERS!
The Number of Pensioners in
Ohio and the Amount They
Receive Per Quarter.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OF
PENSION LAWS.

There re-now a total of Ss9, ,O37 pensioners on
the rolls, to whom an aggregate of sl2, ,3S7 $3.50
paid during the last quarter Ohio has
39,506 pensioners, to whom were paid during
the quarter mentioned the sum of 81 ,2l5,S7 Is
the amount being only exceeded in one State
New York. The Columbus, o., agency is the
most important in tie country. Ohio, accord
ing to Commissioner Black, furnished S37,936
men to p;it down the rebellion out of an aggre-
gate .r,772, ,40S raised for the Union armies
throughout the country. She was exceeded
only by the States of New York and Pennsyl-
vania. But Ohio's proportion, according to he,
population, was much greater than either OF
those two States. Following is the number OF
pensioners in each county in Ohio at the present
time, together with the amount paid them for
the last ouarter.-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
Ia HHbNH = sH ~ : =
Under class H comes a series of claims

Under class H comes a series of claims
numbering II which are very similar to those
in class "A, their merit not being disputed.
These were 0etoed on tie gyoatnd that tie 6ene-
feiaries had claims, many inSOlafng arrears,
pending in tie pension bureau, zOhere they are
being property Investigated To have approved
any of the bills included in this class would
have been to have jeopardized their claim for
arrearages, though they had not as yet been
finally determined upon at the pension Office.
Seventeen cases comprise the series desig-
mated as Class l. These were vetoed on
the ground that in each instance the bene-
hciary was not in the military service of the
United States at the time of the incurrence
of the disability for which relief was asked,
the disability existing prior to enlistment,
in most cases. In one instance, that of John
D. Ham, the applicant was drafted nearly
two years after the incurrence of his disa-
bility
Glass ] represents ten vetoes based on the
decision of the pension bureau that in each
case the claimant is now receiving a PEN
sion commensurate with the degree of dis
ability found to exist on examination of
competent board of surgeons.
Twenty-three cases are included in class
K, the acts herein embraced being disap-
proved on the strength of the decision of
the pension bureau that the evidence was,
insufficient to establish origin, or to connect
he disability for which relief was asked in
any manner with the military service. In
several cases application was not even made
to the pension bureau, and one case, for the
relief of James C. Chandler, was twice re-
iected by the pension bureau because the dis
ability was not shown to be in any way due
20 the service. In nearly every case disa-
| bility was contracted since discharge.
! OF the remaining three vetoes two were of
bills based on the alleged dependence of the
benehciaries on sons who died in the service.
In both cases it was shown that the appli-
cants were not dependent, and in one it was
shown that the charge of desertion stained
the record of the son upon whom the father
was alleged to have been dependent. The
remaining case that was vetoed, making the
list 124, was disapproved by the President
declining to suspend without sufficient cause
the provisions of the law regulating appoint
ments to the army by promotion.
The reasons for the vetoing of every private
pension bill disappoved are thus given. In nc
instance has prejudice or indifference had
the least bearing. An honest purpose te
serve the people is clearly seen in the
course he has taken. No Tuttle, Fairchild
or Foraker would dare go on the stump pro
claiming against the President for his vetoes
and at the same time give to their hearer
the facts upon which those vetoes were based
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
AN ANSWER TO THE POINT.

The Republican press Of the country, and
especially the rampant ''war" journals of
Ohio, are persistent in their misrepresenta-
ton of the Louisville Courier onrnal. Their
columns are filled with alleged extracts from
its editorials in which ex-union soldiers are
lbused in unmeasured terms and all veterans
branded ''tramps," ''paupers, ''de-
,erters,' 'guerrillas," ''intolerant bigots,"
-shired Hessians" and the like. The Courier
Journal never uttered these sentiments in
connection with the brave boys in blue, but
it has in no uncertain tone expressed its con-
tempt for the professional old soldier" and
Of the skulking politician who seeks to hide
his own rottenness behind the moldering car
cass of dead issue, and in this it meets with
the hearty approval of fair-minded and pa
triotic men of all parties.
No better refutation of the ISLANDERS upon
the Courier Journal can be found than in its
own words, when it speaks as follows of the
proposal to change the place for holding the
G. A. R. encampment from St. Louis to
Nashville:
ssIt (the Cincinnati Commercial Gszette)
under stands nothing whatever of the spirit of
loyalty which prevails in the south nothing
at all of the devotion to the union which ami
mates the old soldiers. The ex-confederate
is no pension hunter; he went back to home
destroyed and began life over again without
any pension from any quarter, and he has
paid without complaint his share and more
than his share of the $75, 900, 600 annually
appropriated to support his old antagonists.
That is we'll it is his duty as citizen, and
he will perform it faithfully to the end.
d" But he will not join under any plea, or
under any false pretense of comradeship or
fellow-feeling, in a gigantic raid on the
treasury, nor will he form soldiers alliance
to in any manner show disrespect to the
president of the reunited States. That may
be taken for granted in advance.
$50 to Nashville, if you will, gentlemen of
the G. A. r Every true soldier among you
will be welcomed with hearty enthusiasm,
with open-handed hospitality. But on
every side will be seen the emhlems
of our perpe tuai union; the portrait
of the president surrounded by the
stars and stripes. These banners will fly
from every street corner, and they will wei
come the friendly invaders at every cross
road. The members of the G.. A. X. from
the time they cross the Ohio river, will not
see the sun the stars and stripes will be
everywhere, and from the midst of them will
shine out upon all corners the portrait of the
president of the United States. Thus will
the old south and the new renew its
allegiance to an indiss oluhie union
Of findsstructihIs states. ''On to Nash
Vile"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
THE GLORY OF AMERICAN
BROTHERHOOD!
The Reunion of Hearts-Honest, brave,
generous, and loyal, they forget the
old bitterness and hatred, and are
linked together in the indis-
soluble bonds of equality
and fraternity.
NO FoRAKERIsM THERE
THE ORPHAN BRIGADE.

In a recent issue of the BoNy6on Nezcs pub
Eshed in Paris, Kentucky, we find the fol-
lowing:
While Republican orators and journals are
appealing to old sectional animosities spring
ing from slavery, the soldiers of the Blue and
the Gray are constantly meeting for friendly
intercourse One of the most striking of
such re-unions was that recently held at
Bardstown, in Kentucky. 1t was the annual
festival of the First Kentucky Confederate
Infantry Brigade, known as the Orphan Brig
ade. The spirit of the ex-Confederate sold
iers may be inferred from the following
remarks of Judge FULTON in his address of
welcome:
SIT is rare occurrence in the history OF
human affairs for the followers of a lost cause
to meet in annual reunion to celebrate the
glories of their defeat, and sing the peans,
NOT of victory, but of failure, and exhibit
with pardonable pride the trophies Of their
disaster. :. And so it is, soldiers of the
the Orphan Brigade, paradoxical as it may
seem, while winning you have lost while
losing you have won. You have lost q
divided country; you have won q
unifed land. You have lost the insti-
autson OF slavery; you have won a
Band with air too pure and free for .
slave to breathe. You have lost the bon
ME blue flag, dear to your heart as its own
ruddy drops; you have won the star-spangled
banner that indeed and in truth waves 'o'er
the land of the free and the home of the
brave You have won the respect and admi-
ration of the civilized world for course sus-
tanned with such indomitable courage against
the most overwhelming odds. On the
third day of July, 1868, amidst lurid hell of
smoke and fame, you or your compatriots
lost Gettysburg, the high-water mark of your
enterprise on the third day of July, 1887,
under sky of cloudless splendor, with the
enrolling wave of gray meeting the resisting
line of blue in peace, amity, and brotherly
love, you won Gettysburg"
At the dinner, Captain Thomas Speed, =
Boy in Blue, responded to the toast ''Oui
guests, the Federal soldiers" and in franl
speech he stated eloquently the petition o
Kentucky Union men, and hailed as tn.
great result of the war the end of the curse
Of sectionalism. Such incidents and the feel
ings from which they spring, are withou
precedent in history, and they are just rea
sons for the truest national praise. Th'
spectacle of Governor Foraker denouncins
rebels at Wheeling, says Aayper's Weekly, i
mot so patriotic and American and ennobling
rs that of Judge Fulton, mindful of the hero
ism of Soldiers, but rejoicing in Liberty ant
the Union.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
SOLDIERS SAVED BY vEToEs.

Twelve of the so-much- -talked-of vetoes of
Cleveland were interposed SO as to enable PEN
sioners TO take advantage of adjudications in
Pension Office of an earlier date and extending
back farther than the bills which were vetoed.
These vetoes in this manner saved to the per-
sons W hose bills were vetoed nearly $4,000 in
arrearages, which they would hay e lost had the
bills been signed. Is there wrong in a veto
W hich directly saves the soldier money? Had
Cleveland signed these twelve pension
bills and thus lost the soldiers $4,000 what q
howl would have gone up from the mouth of
the blatant demagogue politician. Knowing
the fact, no true soldier can go back on Cleve-
lar nd
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
WHY are Republican politicians so anxiou

WHY are Republican politicians so anxious
TO pension the soldier now, when they have
not the opportunity? In 1877, under Hayes,
there were 2S2, I04 pensioners; now under Cleve-
land, there are over 4O6OO7. They received in
Cleveland, they receive almost $4,000 600
yearly More than 5000 pensioners were
added during the past year. If the Republican
party was so exercised, concerning the soldiers
why not have accomplished some Of these
things when in power? People have but little
confidence in the promises of party which had
a chance for twenty years to do the thing
Promised: yet it left 1t undone
The Republican love for the soldier ia like its
love for the colored man-in consideration of
political support.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
Total ............ 80 SOS si,25,a7a 7e

General John G. Black Commissioner OF
Pensions, in his annual report to the Secretary
OF the Interior makes the following i'm portant
suggestions:
First-The allowance OF 81 per month to
minor children entitled to pension is made
quate for their support and should be increased
to IS per month.
Second-That the act OF June Is, 1880, be so
amended as to permit the benefits of the act to
be extended to those who, subsequent to the
date OF its approval, from aggravation OF theI
malady, may have become helpless.
Third-That the existing law that a widows
pension certificate can only bear date from the
day on which she files her application should
be amended to allow the commencement of the
pension to date from death of the husband, the
other condition required by the law being
present.
Fourth-That section AIS of the revised
statutes be so amended as to prohibit the pay
ment of more than one pension to the same
person.
Fffth-That the law requiring a pension to
be graded according to the rank of the claimant
at the time the injury was received shonld be
amended SO that the rank subsequently ac-
quired bona Jfde may be considered by the com.
missioner in determining the amount of pen.
sion TO be allowed
Sixth-That the present rate for deafness
should be increased by law to $50 per month
for total deafnass. with intermediate grades to
be determined according to the degree of disa-
bility.
Seventh-That discretion should be lodged in
the commissioner in correcting discrepancies
in rates of pension for loss of limbs or Congress
should be ask ed 10 establish table of rates for
loss of limbs.
Eighth-That the law be amended so that the
commissioner shall be authorized to pay the
pension to the wife of a pensoner, OF to a
suitable person on behalfof his children, when
the habits of the pensioner show him to be an
unfit person to receive or disburse pension
Ninth-That an appropriation of $4,000 be
made to defray the expense Of additional nee.
cessary pension agencies
Tenth-That an additional clerical force be
allowed to the commissioner, without making
extra demand upon the clerks now in the ser.
vice, to complete and satisfy the Mexican pen.
sions claims of which 5000 have been allowed
since the passage of the act.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
BLUE AND GRAY AT EVANSVILLE.

At the Grand Reunion of Northern and
Southern Veterans at Evansville, Indiana,
which took place in September. Many dis
tinguished soldiers on both sides were present
and among the eloquent speakers who
addressed the vast assembage, Wednesday
7ast, was General WHEELER, of Nashville,
who thus closed his oration:
ssGod bless the brain that conceived the
thought of this reunion of the blue and the
gray; God bless Farragut Post for making ii
success, and God bless our country
aad make US one people nov and for.
sver."
These sentiments, in such striking contrast
with those uttered by ssPalsy'' Fairchild and
ssBluster" Foraker, were cheered to the echo
by men who faced each other in fierce battle
during the bloody days of the war; and the
enthusiasm which Gen. WHEELER's words
awakened proved that the heart of the peo-
pie is in favor of peace and good will, and
opposed to the bitterness and strife which the
petty agitators of Wisconsin and Ohio are
seeking to use as stepping stones for their
own personal promotion.
After the drill contests on the third day,
Governor BUcKNER, of Kentucky, addressed
the multitude, and more strongly sealed the
bonds of friendship between the old soldiers
of the North and the South. His speech was
as follows =
ssLadies and gentlemen, comrases OF the
blue and the gray; / call you comrades, for
to-day we are all comrades. 1t gives me great
pleasure to be here to-day and testify to my
gladness that to-day all bitterness Is gone
and NE recognize but one glorious
Maq. Though / represent to-day but par
Of the Southern people, can say that it give:
all residents of the South the greatest pleas
ure at this kindly and fraternal feeling toward
them and all will vie with you to see which
can best promote the interest and welfare o
the country. l am pleased with this recep
tion, and let me say that this is not my frs
visit to Indiana. Several years ago l hae
the fortune to extend certain courtesies to tn
city of New Albany, Ind. Later on wa
captured at Fort Donelson and sent up tn
river, guarded by company of soldiers fror
this vicinity. Being placed in strong qual
tiers at New Albany, was waited on by tn
Mayor and delegation of citizens and ter
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
THE PAUPER PENSION BILL.

When the Republican criticises President
Cleveland for vetoing the pauper pension bill,
ask him why Republican President vetoed
the equalization bounty bill, or why Republi-
can Congress defeated the first arrearage of
pensions bill A Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives passed General Rices arrearage Of
pensions bill, and the Republican Senate, on
motion of Ingalls,, of Kansas, laid the bill on
the table, and among those who opposed It's
passage was Senator John Sherman, who has
Just received a vindication and endorsement at
the hands of Ohio Republicans.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
CLEVELAND AND THE SOLDIER

Here is what a Democratic administration is
doing for the soldier: A Washington special to
the Cincinnati Enquirer, says: William j.
Shepherd of Philadelphia, has been allowed q
pension and back pay for wound received
twenty-three years ago. The back pay and ar
rearages amount to $4,000. He was private
in the Twenty ninth Pennsylvania, and was
shot in the ankle by the accidental discharge
of q comrades gun, He Is forty five years old,
and still suffers from the wound"
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